From: Chuck Remes <cremes.devlist@...>
Date: 2011-04-19T01:10:01+09:00
Subject: Re: Need for speed -> a C extension?


On Apr 18, 2011, at 10:15 AM, Martin Hansen wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> 
> The below code is too slow for practical use. I need it to run at least
> 20 times faster. Perhaps that is possible with some C code? I have no
> experience with writing Ruby extensions. What are the pitfalls? Which
> part of the code should be ported? Any pointers to get me started?


I pasted the code into a local file and ran it. It completed instantly.

It would be super helpful if you provided *all* of the code to make this run and do some useful work. By doing so, people who want to help you can run it through a profiler and identify hot spots.

cr